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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2009
David A. Tessitore, Warwick, RI (US);
David M. Bedard, Coventry, RI (US);
Christopher J. Maynard, Lincoln, RI (US);
David A. Tessitore, Warwick, RI (US);
David M. Bedard, Coventry, RI (US);
Christopher J. Maynard, Lincoln, RI (US);
GTECH Corporation, Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A versatile and highly reliable lottery communications system employs point-of-sale terminals that can be adapted to a plurality of network technologies and service providers. The point-of-sale terminals are provided with at least two network-agnostic connecting devices to enable fast configuration regardless of the intended deployment environment. The point-of-sale terminals can be adapted to connect with multiple wireless networks at the same time, multiple wireline networks at the same time, and/or at least one wireless network and at least one wireline network at the same time, with failover and fallback programming to ensure maximum uptime for lottery operators and retail distributors.